thx oddsock for your detailed reply, I think I now understand the problem :)
I'm currently using a php-script (mp3 toolbox -
http://www.radiotoolbox.com/downloads/) to stream static mp3's on-demand,
and this script obviously sends the icy-headers (which are the shoutcast
metadata protocol, right?).
however, I think that it would be a nice feature for icecast to support
these icy-headers, is this planned for future releases, or do you think it
would be hard to hack this together?
greets,
mike
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: icecast-bounces at xiph.org> [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] Im Auftrag von oddsock
> Gesendet: Montag, 15. August 2005 05:43
> An: icecast at xiph.org> Betreff: Re: [Icecast] id3-tags of static files
>>> The protocol of sending of metadata over a stream (which is
> HTTP) does not
> allow for this type of thing. The problem is not necessarily
> the fact that
> the id3 tags are at the end of the files, as id3v2 does not have this
> restriction, but rather just the "agreed" upon protocol for handling
> metadata for streamed mp3s (and I'm only going to talk about
> mp3s here,
> since it's different for other media). For mp3 streaming,
> there is only
> ONE metadata protocol that is adopted by the majority of
> players. This is
> the one referred to as the "Shoutcast Metadata Protocol"
> (google will tell
> you more about this). The Shoutcast Metadata Protocol does
> not use id3
> tags at all, nor does it use id3v2. So if you forced icecast
> (or most
> likely your source client) to send id3 tags over the stream,
> they would be
> sent to the client player and the client player would not know how to
> handle them (the code that handles the streaming of mp3s is
> different than
> the one that handles local files).
>> oddsock
> At 01:52 PM 8/14/2005, you wrote:
> >hi,
> >
> >this issue has probably been discussed before, but I'm
> wondering if there is
> >any way to let icecast send the id3-tags when serving static
> files. I'm
> >afraid that the problem is the layout of mp3-files, where
> the id3tags are
> >located at the very end of the files...
> >
> >is there any workaround?
> >
> >thx in advance,
> >
> >mike
> >
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